Our downstairs loo flushes with 2 ltrs on half flush, 4 on full. I don't recall ever having to flush it twice, which is lucky since it's fed from a 200 ltr rainwater barrel and it's been dry here in Shropshire for weeks.

I know it's a Monet, but it looks more like a vanGogh in execution.

Gauldar - you beat me to it!
There's something about the colour reproduction that does it. Truly heavesome.

D'yer know, I'm going to have to keep "Conspicuous consumption is rarely attractive" in my clipboard in future.

Yet more proof that conspicuous consumption is rarely attractive.

DOJ:- Many of the planes are eventually recycled. The Wikipedia article explains the four categories...

Keep for future.
Strip for Spares
Flog off
Just Passing.

Flush it? Never. Break out the toast.

So - what's going to evolve to replace the merchant banks which have sickened and died?

I'd be more inpressed with Cow Pie Cola - perfect for Desperate Dan.

Given the sport they've chosen, I'm not sure I'd care to poke fun at their pantaloons. Well, it's OK from here in the Wet Mudlands, but not up close.

While DNA evidence can be a very powerful tool, ensuring an uncontaminated sample is extrodinarily difficult, as this example shows.

I predict a major unravelling of DNA based convictions over the years as the true scale of the problem becomes apparent.

I had mine done when our second was three months old. Vaguely unconfortable for a few days, and I could sort of tell something had been done for perhaps two weeks after, but not uncomfortable, just aware of it.

Two things I would change were I to do it again...

Firstly, the vasectomist had a very attractive female assistant - not ideal when you're lying naked from the waist down on a cold slab.
Secondly, because of the tiny dose of Valium as a muscle relaxant (think sawing through a walnut versus slitting a purse) the wife drove me home. For some reason she though I'd be in a hurry - the scariest drive of my life - and I used to be a driving instructor.

Vaguely related, if you want some night-time sparkly fun, tie a wad of wire wool to an 8' wire, light it and whirl it round your head. Don't do this near anything damaged by sparks - like car paintwork or even windows!

Fun, though.

Can't see the original...First get dmbedding disallowed, then "Not available in your country".
Silly sods.

drukus:- You're right - this isn't about the kids, it's about badly behaved parents.

Three examples...

Our school has recently planted some willow withies. Next day, children waiting for the school doors to open were pulling them up - right in front of their parents.

A parent comes to the head worried about her child who is scared of spelling tests. Head teacher brings in the child's homework book, which has all the words expected to be learned for the next test - and no sign of the homework ever having been done.

I politely hand a crisp packet back to a child who has thrown it on the floor and get a mouthful of abuse from both parents.

I try to get ours to behave in public and sometimes they let us down. But at least they /know/ we feel let down and we have standards from which to be let down!